Open AccessCOVID-19: Threat or ally in the teaching-learning process in phytopathology?
Author(s) -
María del Milagro Granados Montero
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista mexicana de fitopatología(en línea)/revista mexicana de fitopatología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2007-8080
pISSN - 0185-3309
DOI - 10.18781/r.mex.fit.2021-5
Subject(s) - covid-19 , process (computing) , set (abstract data type) , medical education , biology , computer science , virology , medicine , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , outbreak , programming language , operating system
Preventive confinement against COVID-19 changed the teaching-learning process of the Phytopathology course at the Faculty of Agronomy of the UCR. Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) were integrated into a program called ‘Phytopathology 2020, at the distance but together’. Each student received at her home a box of materials, including culture media and a paper microscope, that allowed her to set up and carry out different phytopathological techniques. The result obtained exceeded expectations and previous results in 16 years of teaching experience. The integration of the family into the educational project was surprising, fostering values of mutual commitment in education and prevention of COVID-19.